The human effort breakdown for this project, including the initial estimate, the revised amount (following one semester), and the actual total is detailed in Table 1.2.

There is some significant information that cannot be explained by the table alone. After approval from the faculty advisor and the Senior Design Coordinator, it was decided by the team to move up the completion date from Fall 1999 to Summer 1999. This adjustment was done to accommodate other interests, namely early graduation for one of the team members. Additionally, this deadline change suggested a challenge similar to that found in industry and, in turn, resulted in implementation modifications. These modifications were necessary to successfully complete the project in 10 weeks instead of the originally anticipated 16 weeks. For instance, the 20 hours listed as Actual time spent on PVM Implementation is accurate, however that effort is of little importance because PVM was not used in the final implementation. It was decided that utilizing PVM would "cost" more time than available because of the accelerated pace.
 
 

Tasks / Phases			Human Effort (Hours)
		Total Planned (Spring ’99)	Total Planned - Revised	Actual
			(Actual Spring '99 + Projected)
Overhead
	Team Meetings	140	145	85
	Research	60	62	80
Deliverables
	Project Proposal	15	15	15
	Web Page	24	12	2
	Project Poster	20	39	39
	Design Review	12	30	30
	Oral Presentation	45	45	0
	Further Documentation	12	16	40
Project Development
	Hardware / OS Configuration	50	55	60
	PVM Implementation	24	43	20
	MPEG Code Evaluation	24	36	50
	Software Design	90	105	80
	Software Implementation	54	60	65
	Software Tests / Benchmarks	90	90	25
Total		660	753	591